Description
Our Visual Accelerometer is a major advance in teaching the concept of acceleration. It shows the acceleration of a dynamics cart, a free-falling body, an auto … anything you attach it to. Ten high-intensity wide-angle LEDs indicate the magnitude and direction of acceleration for more effective learning. Our Visual Accelerometer is also a PASPORT sensor. Connect it to any PASPORT interface and graph acceleration real-time or datalog it for later download.
- Three ranges cover activities from elevator acceleration to freefall to a sharp turn in a car.
- Autoscale and peak-hold for maximum sensitivity and accelerations too quick for the eye to see.
- The zero (tare) button negates the effect of sensor orientation.
Typical Applications
- Measure acceleration during simple harmonic motion
- Measure acceleration due to gravity
- Discover the acceleration of an elevator
- Measure acceleration of a pendulum
Features
- The auto scale sets the full-scale range to the last measurement.
- Peak hold stores highest reading.
- Case has ties for pendulum motion and a pass-through so the sensor can be thrown vertically along a rope.
Includes
- Plastic M5 screws for attachment to a dynamics cart (2)
- PASPORT Sensor Extension Cable
- 3 AA batteries
Product Specifications
| Three Manual Scales | 1 m/s2, 5 m/s2, 20 m/s2 full scale |
| Requires three AA batteries | for stand-alone operation (included) |
| Auto-off | after three hours |
| Ranges | ±1.0 m/s2, ±5.0 m/s2, ±20 m/s2 |
| Accuracy | 0.2 m/s2 |
| Resolution | 0.01 m/s2 |
| Max Sample Rate | 100 Hz |
